stick up for
stick up for verb: to speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect.
Verb
stick up for (third-person singular simple present sticks up for, present participle sticking up for, simple past and past participle stuck up for)
- To speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect.
- You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully.
- Synonyms:
- go to bat for, stick one's neck out for, stand up for
stick up for meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
stick up for in Malayalam
- take someone's side, support, side with
- മറ്റൊരാളെ പ്രതിരോധിക്കുക, പിൻബലം കൊടുക്കുക, മറ്റൊരാൾക്കു വേണ്ടി വാദി വാദിക്കുക, വശം പിടിക്കുക, പക്ഷം പിടിക്കുക, പക്ഷം ചേരുക
stick up for in Kannada
- ಪಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ವಹಿಸು, ಸಮರ್ಥಿಸು, ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿ, ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಅಂಟಿಕೊಂಡಿರು
Synonyms of stick up for
- go to bat for
- stick one's neck out for
- stand up for
Forms of stick up for
| third-person singular present | sticks up for |
|---|---|
| present participle | sticking up for |
| past participle | stuck up for |
| past | stuck up for |
Questions about stick up for
- What does stick up for mean?
- Stick up for means to speak or act in defence (of); to defend or protect.
- What is stick up for in Malayalam?
- Stick up for in Malayalam is മറ്റൊരാളെ പ്രതിരോധിക്കുക, പിൻബലം കൊടുക്കുക, മറ്റൊരാൾക്കു വേണ്ടി വാദി വാദിക്കുക. See Stick up for meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is stick up for?
- Stick up for is a verb.
- What is the past tense of stick up for?
- The past tense of stick up for is stuck up for.
Words near stick up for in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stick up for (page history and authors); stick up for (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); stick up for (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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